Container



Oct. l5, 1929. M. MEYERsoN 1,731-,748

CONTAINER Filed May 19. 1927 Patented Oct. 15, 1929 l UNITEDv`siTibgifEs MAX niiynnsoN, oF NEW YORK, N. lY.

CONTAINER f Application filed May 19,

This invention relates to a container, being in the natureA of animprovement upon the structure shown and described in my pendiiig.application Serial Number 175,986, filed March 17th, 1927. Y 'f Anobjectof the present improvement is to provide a more compact andeiiicient formof joint Aand lre-inforcing; elementfb-y. which toconnect. together the several parts or' wall pieces of the container. S

.A more detailedrobject is topro'vide an improved connecting andreinforcing element y the use of which 5a container may be formedprincipally of sheet `libre-board, 'ordinary cardboard, or otheryappropriate light and strong material, and in which vnokpr'ominentprojections will be presentV at the joints eitherinteriorly orexteriorly of the container. y

li-Other objects and aims of the invention,

more or less specific than those referredv to above, will be in partobvious 'and' in ypart pointed out in the course of the followingVdescription of the elements, combinations, ar-

rangements of 'parts and applications of principles constituting theinvention; v and fthe scope of protection contemplated will indicated inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings Whichare over upon itself to a mid-point asat 9 where to be taken as a part of this specification, and

in which'I have shownmerely a-preferred form of embodiment oftheinvention Fig. ylis a side elevational view-partly vertical section of acontainerconstructed inl accordance ywithithis invention.

f Fig.`2 is an enlargedvfragm'entary detail sectional view takensubstantially upon ther plane of linel 2 2 ofvFig. 1,. Y j

Figs. 3 and 4 'are similarly enlargedv fragmentary detail Y'sectionalviews illustrating modified forms of joint,structure. l' i Y Referringto the 'drawing for a kdetailed description of the structure illustratedtherein, the container will be referred to generally as comprising aside wall or walls L, and a bot-r tom wall-G. It may be' constructedofany desired'shape or size, but for convenience' o illustration is hereshown as being cylindrical.

' The side wallsL are made up of a series of f The `side bev 1927.Seria! No. 192,747. Y

sepa-rate pieces-or sheets as 3 3. .These may i the bottom of thecontainer and may be of anyr l desired width so thatany number thereofaccording totheir width, and the rsize yofithe container, may completethe entire sidewall structure,f1t being'borne in mind of course that thegreater the number of these pieces.

for a given size of container the greater will be the number of jointspresent for connect- `ing saidpie'ceshtogether verticallyof thecontainer.v s j V.

wall pieces Ihave 'their adjacent vertical edge portions as-.4 4`disposed in alignment with each other but slightly spaced ap'art'and`all areyheldy together by ytop and bottom binderstrips 5 and 6respectively. ,I

To connect'the edge portions 4 4, and thus unite the side wall pieces,vsuitable vjoint forming. and re-inforcing strips Haare pr0- vided oneforeach joint. These'jointstrips are each preferably formed of a stripof sheet metal the-central longitudinal portion ofy which isv preferablycorrugated or otherwise shaped as at 7 to increase its verticalstrength. At opposite sides of this corrugatedk portion the ymaterial ofthe strip' as at 8 8 is bent it is again bent outwardly upon itself as'at 10-10. .Thelinished strip thus comprises three distinct layers ofmaterial, the outer or corrugated layer 7 an intermediate ,layer.comprising theparts 8 8, and an innerv layer comprising the p artsv1010. The parts 7 andi 8 areintended to have permanent relationto eachother at all times but the parts 1() 1 0 constitute what maybe termed`fasteninglegssince they are relatively movable .and areintended to bebent into tight engagement with thewall pieces 3 3 after said wallpieces havebeenengaged relativelyinto the `pockets f legs is clearlywindicated by the dotted lines in Fig.l 2, and after the side-wallpieces 3 3 jhavefbeen moved into-the pockets said legs are:limiti"firmly against the inner surface of the said wall pieces, thatis to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the point of bend ofsaid legs being in the portions as 12 12 Where they connect with theportions 8 8, said portions l2 12 being accommodated within the smallopening which, as above mentioned, is yprovided between the adj acentedges of the Wall pieces 3 3.

At their outer or free edges each of the fastening legs is providedwitlrtangs as 13 thereon arranged to sink into lthe material of the wallpieces 3 3, said tangs beingpreferably made sufliciently long so that inthe completed joint they will Vextend :entirely through the wall piecesand bend over or muc'hroom against the inner surfaces of the portions 88 and thus beco'm'e riveted permanently to said wall pieces.

The t'wo outer layers of each joint-strip, as the layers 7 and 8 8,extend throughout the length of the strip, that is from the extremebottomedge to the top edge of the wall pieces, 3 3, and arecaughtbeneath the binder strips and V6, said binder strips being of lJ-crosssection, as clearly illustrated at the .right in Fig. '1. The fasteninglegs 10--10 may also extend throughout the length of the :other portionsof the joint-strip if desired but they preferably are cut-off at theiropposite ends as at 14C-14 for the sake of compactness .and neatness inthe loc'alties Where the joint-strips are received within the binderstrips y5 and 6.

It will be apparent that joints formed by joint-strips as herein shownand described will be strong and durable without the use of seperatelyformed rivets at any point. 'The interior of the Acontainer will beentirely "devoid of rivet heads or other vobjectionable projectionswhich might interfere with the use of the container for such purposes asthe storing and handling of silks, fine fabrics, and the like. And att-he same time the jointstrip will constitute a reinforcing elementextending throughout the height of the Vcontainer and affording greatstrength in all directions. l

Obviously the bottom Wall G of the container, or a top wall -if suchshould be `desired, might readily be made up 'of individual piecesconnected together by the use of joint-strips in the same manner as.already described for the side walls, and in this connection it will bepointed out lthat the binder stript at the bottom of the'eontainerisprovided with a flange portion 15 'between which and the bottom wallpiece the opposite ends .of the joint-strips may eX- tend in the samemanner as explained for the opposite ends of thejoint-strips with re- Yspect to the side flanges of the binder strips 5 and 6, and also as morefully referred to inthe co-pending application cited.y

The j oint-strips will preferably have their corrugations 7 discontinuedat the ends of the strips Where they engage the binder strips.

In the modification Fig. 3 the structure is the same as alreadydescribed except that in this instance it isproposed that the jointstripshall be of general S-shape in cross section providing oppositely facingpockets as v16 land 17 therein for receiving the vertical edge portionsof the wallpieces 3 3, said edge portions being in this instance inoverlappingrelation. The outer and inner legs as 18 and 19 of the S areintended to be bendable at the points 20 and 21 respectively forreceiving and clamping the wall pieces, and they are provided with edgetangs as 22 '22,.all -in substantially :the same manner and forthe samepurpose as falready described. v

In the modification Fig. 4 it is proposed that the j oint-strip shallconsist aof two sep- -arate members as 23 and :24, each being ofyU-shape and each being arranged to straddle one `edge of the adjacentwall pieces 3 3,

the legs of the U in each instance being intended to be bent to receiveand clamp the I interposed wall pieces 3 3, and having edge tangs'as 25vand 26a1l in substantially the same manner and forthe same vpurpose asalready described.

In this instance the adjacent edges yof the. Wall 'pieces are 4arrangedin ialignment substantially the same Aas `in the structure Figs.

1 and 2, and it is proposed that the abutting portions of the twomembers of the jointlstrip may be connected together -`in any suitablemanner as by means of electric welding, soldering, or other appropriatemedium as indicated at 27.

The outer portions of the joint-strips in Figs. 3 and 4: may be formedwith corruga-y tions for added strength if desired.

As manychanges could be made in this construction without departing fromVthe scope of the invention as defined in the following claim, it isintended that all matter contained in the above description .or showninthe accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative onlyand not in a limiting sense. Y

Having thus described my inventiomi@ What'I claim as new Vand desire tosecure yby Letters Patent is Q A container comprising wall partsy formedof sheet materia-l, said Wall parts having juxtaposed edge portionsspaced apart, and =120 a joint strip extending longitudinally of saidjuxtaposed edge portions, said joint- -strip having one part arranged tooverlie outer surface portions of said wall parts at opposite sides ofthe opening between said wall parts, said joint-strip having other partsarranged to extend through the opening between said Wall parts beingbendable and thereby adapted to be bent into clamping engagement againstthe inner surface of said mentioned portions of the Wall parts, saidlast mentioned parts of the joint-strip having pointed tangs provided atthe edge thereof turned abruptly toward the inner surface of thementioned portions of the Wall parts adapted thereby to be impaled intosaid mentioned portions of the Well parts When said last mentioned partsof the joint-strip are bent into clamping engagement, and the mentionedouter part of the joint-strip being relatively Wider than the innerparts thereof at each side of the opening between the Wall parts so thatit extends beyond the edges of the inner parts and stands to obscuresaid tengs and to directo 1y oppose the pressure thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MAX MEYERSON.

